Man Who Assaulted Dem Rep Recommended Less Jail Time Than Non-Violent Defendants Jan 6

Prosecutors are recommending less prison time for the man who assaulted Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig than for some nonviolent defendants in the Jan. 6 attack.

Kendrid Khalil Hamlin, who assaulted Craig in the elevator of his Washington, D.C. apartment building in February received a 39-month prison recommendation from U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves. seconds in the government’s sentencing memo filed Friday. Meanwhile, prosecutors recommended longer sentences for the Jan. 6 defendants who were not charged with assault and did not have extensive criminal records like Hamlin.

“The defendant’s lengthy criminal history makes it clear that he represents a significant danger to the community,” Hamlin’s sentencing memo states. “By the time he was 27 years old, the defendant had accumulated nine convictions with criminal record points, three other convictions that did not add points, and had been arrested a further 28 times.”

Multiple prior convictions were for assaulting police or corrections officers, the sentencing memo records.

Meanwhile, Graves asked for 57 months for Erik Herrera, 34, who walked into the Capitol and took a photo of himself in the Senate lawmaker’s office, which he posted on Instagram. seconds in the judgment note. Beryl Howell, United States District Court Judge sentenced Herrera, who had no criminal record, to 48 months in prison.

“Herrera is a photographer but was not at the Capitol as a credentialed reporter,” the Justice Department press release said. release states “On January 7, 2021, he admitted on social media that a press patch he was wearing had not been issued by a media organization.”

The graves too recommended a 64-month sentence for Hunter Seefried, who broke a window and was one of the first to enter the Capitol on January 6.

U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden gave Seefried just 24 months, finding that his participation in the riots did not qualify as interfering with the “administration of justice,” as prosecutors claimed . seconds in the Washington Post.

“[I]It is important to convey to would-be rioters and potential mob participants — especially those who seek to improperly influence the democratic process — that their actions will have consequences,” prosecutors argued in Seefried’s memo. “There is possibly no greater factor that this Court must consider.”

Seefried had no prior convictions, according to his sentencing memo.

For Jacob Anthony Chansley, the “QAnon Shaman” whose photos inside the Capitol building went viral, prosecutors recommended 51 months in prison. He was sentenced to 41 months, but after 27 he was released to a halfway house in Phoenix. seconds in The Associated Press.

Chansley also had no criminal record.

“We have no comment beyond the filings or what is stated in court,” Patty Hartman, a supervisory public affairs specialist for the District of Columbia, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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